College Football

ESPN’s telecast of the Allstate Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship – Alabama’s 21-0 shutout of LSU — posted a 16.2 fast national household coverage rating, according to Nielsen, representing an average of 16,072,000 households, the second highest of any program in the history in cable television (records go back to 1987).  The average of [...]

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College Basketball GameDay Corner ESPN’s College GameDay Covered by State Farm officially kicks off its eight-week Saturday morning and evening college basketball program originating from the site of ESPN’s Saturday Primetime Presented by DIRECTV telecast on Saturday, Jan. 14, at 10 a.m. from the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla. For the eighth [...]

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Weeklong Multimedia Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As part of the observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, ESPN will present Content of Character — a weeklong series of original programming, vignettes and interstitials celebrating the life and contributions of the civil rights leader — across many of its programs and platforms. The [...]

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ESPN and Slacker, Inc. have announced live streaming of ESPN Audio shows and sporting events to Slacker listeners, part of the Slacker Radio/ESPN Audio agreement first announced in September. Live ESPN content is now available for listening on the web at www.Slacker.com, with mobile experiences coming soon. The new live streaming feature will launch with [...]

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Friday night Eastern Washington University’s Bo Levi Mitchell was honored for his record-setting season with the 2011 Walter Payton Award, which goes to the outstanding player in the Football Championship Subdivision. The 25th annual award, the most prestigious in the division, is presented by The Sports Network and sponsored by Fathead.com. Mitchell, who one year [...]

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Score Media Inc. announced that it has entered into a long-term programming agreement with FOX International Sports Channels that includes at least 250 hours per year of live collegiate content and other FOX Sports and FUEL TV programming. Featuring top college football, basketball and hockey games, the deal includes some of America’s top college conferences [...]

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Weekly Highlights ESPN will televise two football title games in three days this weekend beginning with the NCAA Division I Football Championship pitting No. 1 seed Sam Houston State vs. second-seeded North Dakota State on Saturday, Jan. 7, at 1 p.m. on ESPN2 and ESPN3. The extensive coverage of the season will conclude with No. [...]

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ESPN’s extensive college football bowl schedule — 33 exclusive games, including all five BCS matchups — will conclude this weekend with three games, highlighted by the Allstate BCS National Championship on Monday, Jan. 9, at 8:30 p.m. ET. The game, No. 1 LSU vs. No. 2 Alabama, will be available on ESPN, ESPN3, ESPN 3D, [...]

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ESPNU will be in “all-BCS-all-the-time mode” leading into the Allstate BCS National Championship on Monday, Jan. 9, with its largest on-site presence in New Orleans, La. ESPNU will cover the No. 1 and No. 2 rematch from every angle with 23 consecutive hours of BCS-themed programming beginning Sunday, Jan. 8, at 8 p.m. and concluding [...]

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After three of the five BCS contests on ESPN – the Rose Bowl Game Presented by VIZIO, Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and Allstate Sugar Bowl – the network is averaging a 9.5 household coverage rating, based on Nielsen’s Fast National ratings, up three percent from last year’s 9.2 for the first three games on ESPN.  All [...]

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